Photographer Neal Rantoul Discusses The Role Of Books In His Career

Jeff Larason (The Crit House) offers a second installment in his new series on photographers’ books.

Photographer Neal Rantoul shares insights on how creating books fuels his creative life.

“Neal Rantoul is a career artist and educator. He retired after 30 years as head of the Photo Program at Northeastern University in Boston in 2012. He taught at Harvard University for thirteen years as well. He now devotes his efforts full time to making new work and bringing earlier work to a national and international audience. With over 60 one-person exhibitions over the length of his career.” He’s produced dozens of books of his work.

12 Photographers Share Their Top 5 Influences

I talk about my top five photographic influences with Jeff Larason (The Crit House).

It’s always useful to be familiar with a host’s sensibilities, so check out Jeff Larason’s Top 5.

 

At The Crit House, Jeff Larason has been hosting a fascinating series of videos in which photographers share their Top 5 Influences and the reasons why.

They’re informative and inspiring!

There are over 100 videos to choose from.

I’ve cherry-picked a dozen highlights for you.

Sam Abell 

David Duchemin

Cig Harvey

Brooks Jensen

Ed Kashi

Sara Leen

Rania Matar

Arthur Meyerson

Daniel Milnor

Eugene Richards

Aline Smithson

Nevada Weir

Laura Wilson

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